All Resources for 'Law Enforcement & Supply Reduction'

‘Ten Years Later’ – Developing Institutional Mechanisms for Drug Demand Reduction and Addictology Education in Georgia – A Case Study

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Scientific article
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Supply & Market Disruption
Partner Organisation

BACKGROUND:

During the last ten years, Georgia made several important accomplishments in responding to the country’s drug problem. Specifically, in 2011, an interagency national drug coordinating body was established within the Ministry of...

AddictologyIssue 1/2022

Training on UTC 01 - Sri Lanka

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Format
Book
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement

At the start of may 2022 the Preventive Education and Training Unit of the National Dangerous Drugs Control Board has conducted  training on Universal Treatment Curriculum, Course 01 (UTC - 01) for 32 staff members in NDDCB.

The training...

Jamaica to update national drug policy

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News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement
Partner Organisation
National Security Minister, Dr Horace Chang, says the Government is taking the necessary steps to implement an updated National Policy and Plan of Action for Drug Control

The prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders in prison populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Scientific article
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Recovery Support
Addiction
Public Health
Mental Health
Law
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion
Comorbid mental illnesses and substance use disorders are associated with adverse criminal, social, and health outcomes. Yet, their burden is not reliably known among prison populations. We therefore aimed to estimate the prevalence of comorbid serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders (dual disorders) among people in prison worldwide.

Novel Psychoactive Substances: Policy, Economics and Drug Regulation

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Book
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Psychoactive Substances
Addiction
Public Health
Policy
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

In light of the recent emergence of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) on a global scale, this book provides a timely analysis of the social and economic impact of the NPS phenomenon, and of the global policy and regulatory responses to it...

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